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& & Long ago..n the days when the
dairies were wont toprove the truth

of dreams to others besides the dreay
mers alittle woodcittter lay sleeping

«. onthe bank ofariver-Thesun moved
be sound from East roWest playtng with

© the shapes of the tree shadows onthe

rass, driving them round from West
toEast&z from short to long bur the
Loy slept on. And he knew his dram
for it was always the same .&3He
_thoright hewasa beautiful tree with

oge The SS SS branches potns
ueen YS ting up, ie
ofthe BAS ay emt tothe
Fishes. . a en tipper kz outto
f Y ZS YD as wie ¢ blue so a
ya ae orld end the

eli worl e

Ss ay 1 And lo ones
. UP. WN down ; as he
waa Ei stood. at the
st aS |water’s edge,
\ | hesaw inthe
YA\ PLM AKOend depthsal] the
iN eo Ai V2) AN Gi fishes of the
| I NI WIN My y river, the roach

minnows
fierce - = & all the great&little
eels swimming & wriggling along
in stand pr bi oce seen following a bear
riful see “ sides gleaming with sca /
jes of red red gold. As was piababit
“ the d eamhe Dinty “Ah theQUEEN
heF SH S!” And he awoke.£3
| Sat up Saya his eyes, &¢ saw
that it was evening & that the fairies

had already hung out beautiful -aepaaii dea The
of clouds as “Goodnight” to the sun. Queen
The fairies do not nee a todream,they of the
know it all when they are awake sothey Fishes.
are always busy: .. but the boy's bundle
aggots was small & ashe hurried
homeward, he thought more of the bea,
es ting heimittst
Sees expect from
his cruel tur,
thanof his
“CPA dream. . “The
Eaten Next day as
was his wont
aay he sat onthe
Wa bankoftheri-
i} ver talking to
his onlufriend
Wh alittle fisher,
Mei girl. Evert 5) as
ye BO est her par- |
entssent her
A OUT TO waoe
A inthe sti eains
catch the

kt tle fish & the crayfish-in the pools &
érevices.&8She did not mind cat
ine the spiteful crayfish who nip
her bare toes lt when she heard the
ser — little fish singing so sadly
t basket her heart was touched
Este he put them bad in the river. | hen
hen a went home with almost

empty bas Pare et sig

rents beat IS Ne her. 23,

two childrer Fay ESS were great 5
Briends, && BSPy vi alwaus met
talked to OW | sg Hl gether when
they went t/ pe Z

search. Buhl iy

the week (it ALS

the day be &

they did no Bas
uistial work Pay F
rot yester/ Mi Ff
toher“yourdy Bf

/:4g0 to their
ON efleee Saw
: Pies sooth
wirtvarere the
ofthe F I-
“Yes” she

the water
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y Na OS) ) Wet) he our brane

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ches hig! Gassmien Lip against

wp Weecie h cae aa :

the sky . You.lam sure were the

KING OF THE FOREST:
For along time the children sat te
ng each other of the many age 2

things thay saw tn their other livgs e

on ther.

afore this,) |

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her court where shewas en &

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| yea h ade Ge sesh maith hens in€z out
cre $.The boy seemed

great & grand to the little Fishe rags

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> when he tolol her abewt the colonies ts :
& \ birdewho buut in hiswide branches fy)
6) &what thewinds saidtohimasthey) )
/ waved his boughsin play orin storm " i
Vy w near his little topmost twigs wer | //
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Fishes. Og te

world alJ round

But the sz
talks did THOT
fillher basket

or incre $¢ his
undle & frist

4 as they were

going to set
off again af
ter their rest
his cinele caz
me towards
them o1tt of
the wood.
he approached

As

LEES he shook a
great stickat
Sa enaage them &z roas
red outinhis fiiry thatthey were
goodfornothing idlers. The children
stood still 111 tetror.€3* Your? sata
he,seizing the Loy&shaking him,
“were are sort faggots “There are
only these dead twigs » answered
the boy “I could not breack of the

pu ee YA WING | f
fiving branches: it hutt them&ctheycried out
tome? His uncle was only the moreangry.
- Thknow were you learn this nonsense! I
know you”& he turned with menacing
gestures to the git] “you are the QUEEN
of the FISHES -Thenext time you are.
changed Iwill set a ner&catch you. GS
A few days after his uncle had used this
crite] threat thelittle wood cutter missed
his friend.He knew thar she might be play-
ing under the water, the queen of the fishes
but still he was troubled ‘by forebodings,
ne his work wandered down the
bank of theriver. It was ashe had feared.
After walking a long way vainly peering

into the water he came toanet set like
an evil trap to catch the QUEEN. Ashe

saw it, he saw her gleaming scales

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orgotren muy wicked | \!

tand ,sheonly looked out of her beaus Ce,

is The

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| ofthe —
tifidl round eyes &waited The boy Fishes. —
was wading ty the river bank.Gently |
cautiously holding a drooping wil,
low bough he pulledthe net towards
him & loosened itsmorth Out popped
the golelen fish with a.glad wriggle of
her tail the boy sprang back toland..
just too late.His uncle had come tore
jotee tn her death, in timeto see her swe
im away. G3 His rage knew no bounds.
Allhis vengeance was turned against
her deliverer & seizing him he beat
him more mercilessly than ever. The
boy was passive, yet the old. man could
not turn him here &thereas he wished
for his feet seemed fixed to the ground.
&3At last when his uncle paused for
breath the boy spoke. He stood. rigid, —
save that he threw backhis head with ©
anew challenge in his eyes. “I know
‘now,that_yout arenot mu uncle You
will nolonger have power toill-treat me.

Iwas alittle aacadciitier 5 se nowlam
the KING of the FORE: id »And as
he Tm shed. Speaking sbeforetheman’s
dered gaze the ilpnces she into
per oak tree, with ranches sho ov
pr up gold tippecl tothe sunk see
ching wic Ralde arms to the artoaewg &% For

tle the dd rman stood awestruck,

bout adead leaf fiutterin "ekg trp ae
ched his face & aroused him. With a
vell he shook his stickor the trees] will

kill you xy et 9& he rushed back t intos the

"Cees gore)
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ASIP alec : —
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woodcuttters tocutdown burn the
KINGofthFOREST.& In vain
lid the trees interlace their Loughsto
protect their monarch.Onee ly one the
woodmen hewed down the twining
branches which formed a barrier before
them.43 Meanwhile the Q UEEN¢of the
FISHESwent tothe FAIRIES of
the siwers & begged them tosave her fri
— end. She told them how the beautiful
forest was being destroyed so that the
land would be dry& barrendzthe river
springs dried wp,& on hariyg this they
were persuaded tohelpher.ee From the
three rivers rose walls of dense white mist _
tolled over the country so that the woods
men cold only hear each others voices
& grope their way out of the forest by the
clearing they had made. BT hey would
sot listen to the cruel man’s entreatiesthe |

fairies were agamst him,they said, &vy’

cancontend against the fairies? Soblind saThe

& choking they found their way home. Oueen

g8 Ad 0 the KING of the FOREST of the
the OVEEN of the FISHES were Fishes.

sake & when they were changed again,

they became afaun& abeautifiul nymph, _
wrereinarrich. Then they never more

becameatree a fish bret lived in theold

forest among the elves & fairies, AD

~~ THE END.Z—-»

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THIS BOOK HAS BEEN PRIN-
TED IN 1894,BY LUCIEN
PISSARRO AT HIS
PRESS IN EPPING

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